I just wanted to give an update for those facing surgery...There IS life after it!
I started a new job today - sales/store management/instructor at a Paper Source here in Reston. (VA) I had interviews last week and did not mention my surgery. I have no idea if I should have but I didn't, and I had the distinct feeling that I was traveling incognito as a 'normal' person. But this is so eye opening to me - no one suspects a thing! My friends (and assistant manager) from my former job know what surgery I had and I felt they had formed certain opinions about my abilities post-surgery. I am (so far) successfully passing myself off...and I am not about to say anything to anyone. Not that I am afraid I would lose my job or something, but I DO NOT want this surgery to define who I am, just as I never let the fact that I had scoliosis define who I was prior to the surgery. And I know you know what I'm talking about.....
So, for all of you contemplating surgery or a quickly approaching surgery, you can get through it AND be all the stronger for it!
I started a new job today - sales/store management/instructor at a Paper Source here in Reston. (VA) I had interviews last week and did not mention my surgery. I have no idea if I should have but I didn't, and I had the distinct feeling that I was traveling incognito as a 'normal' person. But this is so eye opening to me - no one suspects a thing! My friends (and assistant manager) from my former job know what surgery I had and I felt they had formed certain opinions about my abilities post-surgery. I am (so far) successfully passing myself off...and I am not about to say anything to anyone. Not that I am afraid I would lose my job or something, but I DO NOT want this surgery to define who I am, just as I never let the fact that I had scoliosis define who I was prior to the surgery. And I know you know what I'm talking about.....
So, for all of you contemplating surgery or a quickly approaching surgery, you can get through it AND be all the stronger for it!
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